The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode "Love Me Did: A History of Courtship." You can listen to the entire episode here: http://backstoryradio.org/love-me-did-a-history-of-courtship/
Pam Epstein, a PhD candidate in history at Rutgers University and author of the blog Advertising for Love, shares some of her favorite 19th century personal ads with BackStory’s 19th Century Guy, Ed Ayers.